![]() ![]() To accommodate and the convenience of our customers and to full fill our pledge of providing the best service there is our service departments now open on Sunday for any maintenance you may need for your vehicle. We carry and service all kind of cars, trucks and SUV to accommodate all customer needs and wants, our sales and service staff are highly experienced and bear a great wealth of knowledge about all products we service and sell. We are family owned business striving for the ultimate customer satisfaction and west and very strong behind our products and services. The boat is 43.14 feet in total length and measures 14.7 feet wide at its widest rear section, so there’s plenty of space for a small party onboard.īMW doesn’t say it will collaborate on building electric boats down the road, but it sure is neat to see the roundel and BMW technology hit the water in electric form.We take pride to call Houston our home, we have been serving our Houston community for over 35 years, we are proud of our new iDrive location on Hwy 6 south, a state-of-the-art service and sales facility. LED lights at the bow, stern and charging ports remind us of the ambient lighting inside BMWs, but the seats are all their own, as they rotate 360 degrees and form a living room of sorts inside the vessel. You can even give it voice commands as you can in iDrive 8. The 32-inch touchscreen runs BMW iDrive 8, and the controls are meant to mimic those you might find in a BMW car. An onboard Dolby Atmos sound system ensures that the sound experience on the boat is fitting with BMW's luxury cred.Īnother BMW touch with this vessel is at its command center. The only noise you’ll hear is a soundtrack composed by none other than Hans Zimmer, the famous composer who has created the soundtracks of many new BMW electric cars. A byproduct of this is a more comfortable ride, but since The Icon is electric, it also produces minimal noise and doesn’t suffer from powertrain-related vibrations. You’ll notice in the photos that the boat is riding on wing-like structures below the water level, which lifts the hull above the surface. Range is impressive, as BMW says The Icon can travel approximately 62 miles on a full charge.Ĭontributing to this range figure is the fact that the boat is a hydrofoil design, which BMW says reduces the energy required to clip through the water by up to 80% versus a conventional boat design. ![]() This energy is put to use via two 134-horsepower electric motors that BMW says will allow the boat to hit a maximum speed of 30 knots - that’s about 34.5 mph. ![]() Calling it a concept may not be giving it enough credit, too, as BMW is calling it a “production-ready vehicle” for both private and commercial use.Īs for what’s making it go, BMW says it supplied six battery packs for energy, totaling 240 kWh. Named “The Icon,” this boat is a collaboration between BMW and boat maker TYDE, and it was just revealed at the Cannes Film Festival.Įlectric boats may not have caught on in the way electric cars have, but this concept boat was built in an effort to change minds. Were you expecting to see an electric BMW hydrofoil boat today? Neither were we, but here it is.
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